The Winstanley School

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The Winstanley School
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The Winstanley School
Kingsway North

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LE3 3BD

Coordinates 52°37′02″N1°11′10″W / 52.6173°N 1.1861°W / 52.6173; -1.1861
Information
Type Academy
Established1962
Local authority Leicestershire
Department for Education URN 143844 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Head of SchoolDavid Bennett
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 16
Enrolment608 as of October 2020
Colour(s)Orange, Green and Blue
Website Official website OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

The Winstanley School is a coeducational secondary school located in Braunstone Town in the English county of Leicestershire. [1]

The school specialises in sports, and a range of sporting and community facilities have been developed to support the specialism.

The school celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2012, along with the celebration of the Olympics that year. The school also converted to academy status in 2012. A painting was painted by an Art Teacher and students.

Previously, The Winstanley School was a middle school educating pupils aged 11 to 14 (academic years 7 to 9). However, from September 2014 the school expanded to be a full secondary school educating pupils up to the age of 16. [2] The school was formerly known as Winstanley Community College.

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References

  1. Official website OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. "Winstanley success reaches Westminster" (PDF). April 2013.